Senate roll call 10 · 51st Congress · Dec 16, 1889
To adjourn until january 6.
On Dec 16, 1889, the Senate voted 47–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–10, Democrats 21–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 47
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Dec 16, 1889
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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